iMac G5 20" (First All-In-One White Screen) Cannot Connect To Internet

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Published on 2009-10-20T09:32:18Z Indexed on 2010/03/19 10:51 UTC
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The Scenario

I've got an iMac G5 20" (First All-In-One White Screen) PPC. It has an Airport Extreme Network card in order to wirelessly to connect to the internet. For the most part I connect using ethernet as opposed to wirelessly, but recently have had the need to connect using the wireless.

The Hardware

BT Home Broadband Wireless Router. iMac G5 20" From about 5 years ago (First All-In-One White Screen)

The Issue

Even though I know for a fact that It has connected to the internet wireslessly in the past, for some reason it can discover the wireless router, but upon entering the password it fails to connect. I have tried multiple times to no avail. I have 2 other Mac's on the network and a pc that can all connect wirelessly. However both the mac's.

Question

Any ideas as to why my really old iMac G5 can't connect wirelessly anymore!?

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